stuz
December 9th 03, 12:18 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Wow..this is confusing! I have a pc that is on a
network.
>All of a sudden one day the desktop was distorted like
>little blocks all over it. We thought the video card was
>bad. Video card is Radeon 9700 128mg. Tried another
>monitor ,had same problem. Tried another card, had same
>prob. It then would not boot into windows. I took out
the
>HD and added it as a D drive on another system. Worked
>fine for a bit so i could copy files off and i was going
>to reformat the drive, then...that pc started acting up.
>The screen has blocks all over it and the OS is 98. Is
>this a virus?Ran Mcafee and it saw no virus. I did have
a
>bad monitor and we hoked it up to the system with the
>Radeon on it to see if the monitor was in fact bad...the
>monitor was bad but could the monitor have done
something
>to the video card and it just keeps corrupting the OS"s??
>PLEASE HELP!!! I am at my wits end!!!!!!
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Leslie Jo
>..
>
>
>.
>Are you sure your video card is compatible with your Os
and ram and pc speed. This may be the problem.
>Wow..this is confusing! I have a pc that is on a
network.
>All of a sudden one day the desktop was distorted like
>little blocks all over it. We thought the video card was
>bad. Video card is Radeon 9700 128mg. Tried another
>monitor ,had same problem. Tried another card, had same
>prob. It then would not boot into windows. I took out
the
>HD and added it as a D drive on another system. Worked
>fine for a bit so i could copy files off and i was going
>to reformat the drive, then...that pc started acting up.
>The screen has blocks all over it and the OS is 98. Is
>this a virus?Ran Mcafee and it saw no virus. I did have
a
>bad monitor and we hoked it up to the system with the
>Radeon on it to see if the monitor was in fact bad...the
>monitor was bad but could the monitor have done
something
>to the video card and it just keeps corrupting the OS"s??
>PLEASE HELP!!! I am at my wits end!!!!!!
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Leslie Jo
>..
>
>
>.
>Are you sure your video card is compatible with your Os
and ram and pc speed. This may be the problem.